Except as provided by Section 20A-1-308, a valid military-overseas ballot cast in accordance with Section 20A-16-404 shall be counted if the military-overseas ballot is delivered by the end of business on the business day before the latest deadline for completing the canvass to the address that the appropriate state or local election office has specified.
Terms Used In Utah Code 20A-16-408
Ballot: means the storage medium, including a paper, mechanical, or electronic storage medium, that records an individual voter's vote. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Canvass: means the review of election returns and the official declaration of election results by the board of canvassers. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Election: means a regular general election, a municipal general election, a statewide special election, a local special election, a regular primary election, a municipal primary election, and a special district election. See Utah Code 20A-1-102
Military-overseas ballot: means :
(a)
a federal write-in absentee ballot;
(b)
a ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this chapter; or
(c)
a ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this chapter. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, or American Samoa. See Utah Code 20A-16-102
If, at the time of completing a military-overseas ballot and balloting materials, the voter has declared under penalty of perjury as provided in 5, that the ballot was timely submitted, the ballot may not be rejected on the basis that it has a late postmark, an unreadable postmark, or no postmark.
